Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Tell Me Tuesdays #18!!


Tell Me Tuesdays is a meme/feature created by the awesome ladies of Please Feed The Bookworm and La La In The Library where we can share how we choose the book we are currently reading from our TBR pile!

I'm always curious about that, cause as much as I tend to make myself a rough schedule for books to read and the like, I'm quite a mood reader and sometimes I just HAVE to ignore my schedule and read something else!


 Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers

Annith has watched her gifted sisters at the convent come and go, carrying out their dark dealings in the name of St. Mortain, patiently awaiting her own turn to serve Death. But her worst fears are realized when she discovers she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever sequestered in the rock and stone womb of the convent. Feeling sorely betrayed, Annith decides to strike out on her own.

She has spent her whole life training to be an assassin. Just because the convent has changed its mind doesn't mean she has...









 A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

(sneak peek)

From V.E. Schwab, the critically acclaimed author of Vicious, comes a new universe of daring adventure, thrilling power, and parallel Londons, beginning with A Darker Shade of Magic.

Kell is one of the last Travelers—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes—as such, he can choose where he lands.

There’s Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, ruled by a mad King George. Then there’s Red London, where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne—a place where people fight to control magic, and the magic fights back, draining the city to its very bones. And once upon a time, there was Black London...but no one speaks of that now.

Officially, Kell is the Red Traveler, personal ambassador and adopted Prince of Red London, carrying the monthly correspondences between the royals of each London. Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they’ll never see—a dangerous hobby, and one that has set him up for accidental treason. Fleeing into Grey London, Kell runs afoul of Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations, who first robs him, then saves him from a dangerous enemy, and then forces him to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.

But perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, Kell and Lila will first need to stay alive—and that is proving trickier than they hoped.



 Continuing with my current trend, I'm really more than one book at a time, even if this time is a full size book and a sampler, but I'm simply loving both! Mortal Heart I've been dying for since I finished reading Dark Triumph, and I feel that I'll be able to say I adore the whole trilogy. And A Darker Shade of Magic is my first V.E. Schwab and I'm loving the pacing and the world building and I'm sorely tempted to preorder it already!

So what are you all guys reading and how and why did you decide to pick up that book? Shiny new ARC? Comfort read? Scheduled for review? Must have new release? Tell me!! 

16 comments:

  1. I've started Dark Triumph, but I wasn't really in the mood for it so it's back on my TBR shelf for now. But I do have Mortal Heart! So I'll be getting to it ASAP!
    I'm dying for V.E. Schwab's A Darker Shade of Magic! I loved The Archived so I'm excited for her adult books!
    I'm kind of reading Where Silence Gathers by Kelsey Sutton which I got for review, but I'm not really in the mood for reading right now. Either that or I just haven't found the right book for my mood.

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    1. Sometimes we don't seem to be in the mood for anything... I do hope you find the right book for your mood, Samantha!!

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  2. A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC!!!! I can't wait to read that Pili! Lucky you:) I can't wait for your full review, I have such high hopes for that one.

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    1. It's only a sampler, but I'm in love with the book already Jenny!!

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  3. His great was A a Darker Shade! Omg wait till u get to the end! You gonna throw your ereader. Great tell mes I can't wait to start Mortal Heart from La!

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    1. Hmmm, I'll be sure to brace myself for the ending of the sampler! Thanks for the warning!!

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  4. I didn't want a sneak peek of A Darker Shade, and since that's all they offered, I'll just wait. I'd hate to really get into it, only to have to stop reading until the release.
    Mortal Heart was so-so for me. i hope you'll like it more than I did.

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    1. I haven't read anything by V.E. Schwab so the sampler made a lot of sense to me!
      Thank you, Maja, so far I really am enjoying Mortal Heart!

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  5. Where did you guys get the sampler? This book sounds like a me book. :)

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  6. Aw, yay :D I hope you are loving them both sweetie. <3 I adored Mortal Heart. SO MUCH. Excited about your review for it :) And the sampler. Sigh. I want this book, but not ever reading just a sampler of anything, lol :p I need all of it, or nothing ;p Happy reading Pili. <3

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    1. Mortal Heart WAS PERFECT AND I LOVED IT!!
      Thank you sweetie!

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  7. A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC?!?! OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. OMMMMGGGGGGGGGG. And I'm dying for Mortal Heart! :D Or rather, dying to get my hands on it! EEKS

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    1. I just got a sampler for A Darker Shade of Magic and it's quite awesome!!
      And Mortal Heart is awesome, Nikki, AWESOME!!

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  8. Loveeeeeeee Mortal Heart!! And ahhh, I still have yet to read a Schwab novel. One day, one day. I'm glad you're enjoying these!

    Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!

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    1. Mortal Heart was amaaaaaziiiing!! And this is my first time reading something by V.E. Schwab and I really liked it!

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